Chapter 137 Convergence(2/2)
Chu Tian counted his troops and found that about 100 of the 2,000 men were killed, hundreds of enemies were killed, and a large number of Goryeo soldiers fled.
The Han Dao used by Hua Mulan even curled up due to the cutting. A silver-level Han Dao was thus scrapped.
"Each archer carries thirty arrows, and currently there are only eighteen arrows left on average."
Li Guang reported a piece of data that Chu Tian found even more thrilling.
The archers of the Shesheng Battalion shot an average of twelve arrows in this battle, and their shoulders were sore. It was equivalent to a battle that consumed thousands of arrows and hundreds of taels of silver.
Some of the arrows shot can be recovered, but most of the arrow shafts are damaged, and there are quite a few iron arrow clusters, which can barely make up for the small amount of damage.
If we continue to fight against the Goryeo army and run out of arrows, we may have to consider breaking out and surrendering.
There are no long-range troops, which is a big disadvantage. The opponent fires thousands of arrows, and even Guan Yu will be hit by an arrow.
"I hope we can get supplies when we get to the Tang Army's military camp."
Chutian placed its hopes on the Tang army.
During the National War, all the supplies for the Eastern Han Dynasty came from the Tang Army. Of course, the supplies that could be received every month were limited and could not be used unlimitedly.
The canyon is not originally very wide, but after the area is expanded ten times, it will be enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people fighting. However, the battle line will be very long, and the formation may stretch for dozens of miles.
Fang Xuanling rode a horse, observed the surrounding terrain, and said: "If a partial division takes a small path to go around the southern section of the canyon and attack from the north and south, the millions of Goguryeo reinforcements in the canyon will be completely wiped out."
"What I'm most afraid of is that the other party is already on guard."
Chu Tian did not doubt Fang Xuanling's strategy. In fact, this was how Emperor Taizong Li Shimin defeated Goguryeo's army to reinforce Anshi City.
At that time, the northern chiefs of Goguryeo, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, led 150,000 Goguryeo and Mohe allied forces to the Qianshan Mountains to reinforce Anshi City. Li Shimin personally led 4,000 soldiers and horses to command, and Li Ji attracted 15,000 enemy troops, and then Changsun Wuji led 1.1 Thousands of people took the path to attack the opponent's back, killing Goguryeo and 20,000 Mohe, and the rest surrendered.
In the era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, there were countless forces that were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and they specialized in all kinds of dissatisfaction.
The 30,000 Tang troops defeated the opponent's 150,000 troops, but their own losses were extremely slight.
This is just one of Li Shimin's lifelong military exploits. The title of Tian Khan is not just a talk.
It's a pity that Li Shimin's strategy may not work this time.
The Goguryeo lords are generally arrogant and shameless, but there should still be a group of sober elites. They will definitely try to remind the Goguryeo generals Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen to pay attention to the tactics of the Tang army.
If Li Shimin had followed the original tactics to attack the Goguryeo army, he might have failed.
The lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty must also take action to remind Li Shimin to change his tactics.
Chu Tian took a look at his military exploits. The military exploits were related to the number, type, and level of enemy troops killed. Currently, Chutian's military exploits were 3513 points, ranking first in the Eastern Han camp in the National War.
It's not that the other lords didn't fight hard, but Chutian's birthplace was close to the Goguryeo army, and the first small-scale battle of the national war broke out. This should be regarded as the first victory.
Chu Tian and Gong Ziwen marched north along the river in the canyon. After walking about eight miles, they met five hundred free players from a guild.
A group of free players use a variety of weapons and armor, and basically have their own war horses.
Because it was a national war, this group of free players also lost everything.
According to Western medieval views, free players are equivalent to free men or knights.
The growing army continued to march north, walking about forty miles. When it was getting late and the soldiers and horses were tired, Chu Tian finally saw the Tang army's camp.
The flags of the Tang army were flapping in the mountain wind!
Not far away, a group of Tang Army cavalry wearing Mingguang armor was patrolling, which made even Chu Tian feel moved.
Seeing the light of the sun, the world will be bright, so it is called Mingguang Armor! The first of the Thirteen Armors of the Tang Dynasty!
The earliest Mingguang armor was said to be in the Three Kingdoms period, and the Mingguang armor in the Tang Dynasty was even more exaggerated. Its sophisticated ones required thousands of fish scales and hundreds of strips of armor.
Making a pair of Mingguang Armor may take more than a hundred or even two hundred days through various complicated processes.
In addition to the Mingguang Armor, this Tang Army cavalry also held a three- to four-meter-long horse spear. The cold, half-meter-long spear blade was frightening.
It is said that the fierce generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Li Cunxiao were all masters of using horse spears.
The heavy cavalry of the Tang Dynasty each owned several horses and were well-equipped, which fascinated countless lords in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This heavy cavalry only patrolled for a while and then entered the camp.
"This is the Tang army that unified the country in the early Tang Dynasty and destroyed Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Eastern Turks, Gaochang, Xueyantuo, Western Turks, and Baekje!"
Chapter completed!